Senior Designer, Packaging & Retail

Role Overview

Senior Packaging Designer for Beam’s Packaging & Retail presence. You’ll own day-to-day design needs across Beam’s packaging portfolio and retail touchpoints, partnering with internal teams and external partners to deliver accurate, on-brand, production-ready assets.

Responsibilities

• Own packaging adaptations across existing and new formats, dielines, pack sizes, and retail configurations.
• Lead design execution for the full retail ecosystem, including:
  • In-store displays and shelf assets
  • Signage, out-of-home, and event materials
  • Sell sheets, retail mockups, and merchandising requests
• Support print and digital requests tied to retail launches, customer meetings, events, and sales opportunities.
• Prepare, review, and finalize production-ready files ensuring accuracy across artwork, copy/claims, and printer specifications.
• Maintain packaging systems, retail asset templates, and documentation/file organization to support rapid portfolio growth.
• Ensure consistent brand presence across all retail touchpoints (pack → shelf → event → out-of-home).

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of design experience, preferably in CPG, food & beverage, supplements, wellness, or consumer health brands.
• Strong understanding of packaging production, printing processes, prepress requirements, and dieline management.
• Strong understanding of retail production and vendor handoff (out-of-home, signage, displays, print specs, final file delivery).
• Experience managing high volumes of packaging revisions across multiple SKUs/product lines.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
• Exceptional attention to detail; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with a systems mindset.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate with creative and operational stakeholders.

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting retail packaging and merchandising initiatives.
• Experience implementing large-scale packaging refreshes or rebrands.